jeff1
03-30-2014, 05:48 PM
Appliance tip of the week...
Oven Bake Element Help
See the hole in the pictured element....
676
This is probably the most common way for an oven element to go bad....a spot in the element gets weak ( may even glow brighter in that spot before the element actually quits ) and blows a hole through itself and the outer shell. This sparking/arcing may remind you of an sparkler you use on the 4th of July ( USA ) or Victoria Day ( Canada ). If this happens to your oven element = new element time.
Tips on changing a common bake element (http://www.applianceaid.com/electric-range-repair-topics.php#change-bake)
What a common element is made up from....
677
How to change a common element.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEQZ54EazhI&feature=player_embedded
678 Oven bake heating element, push-on wire connectors (http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=1465763)
679 Bake element (http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=2220750)
680 Bake element, 240 volts (http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=3420)
681 Oven bake heating element with screw-on terminals (http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=3358)
jeff.
Oven Bake Element Help
See the hole in the pictured element....
676
This is probably the most common way for an oven element to go bad....a spot in the element gets weak ( may even glow brighter in that spot before the element actually quits ) and blows a hole through itself and the outer shell. This sparking/arcing may remind you of an sparkler you use on the 4th of July ( USA ) or Victoria Day ( Canada ). If this happens to your oven element = new element time.
Tips on changing a common bake element (http://www.applianceaid.com/electric-range-repair-topics.php#change-bake)
What a common element is made up from....
677
How to change a common element.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEQZ54EazhI&feature=player_embedded
678 Oven bake heating element, push-on wire connectors (http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=1465763)
679 Bake element (http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=2220750)
680 Bake element, 240 volts (http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=3420)
681 Oven bake heating element with screw-on terminals (http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=3358)
jeff.